With nearly a half-century of intermittent civil war in the background, it is becomingimpossible to write a social-science monograph about Sudan without referring to contestednational, ethnic, and religious identities. Few such works are gendered, however, and perhapseven fewer attempt a class analysis. Sudanese scholars contend more successfully with class;Euroamericans with gender. Despite good intentions, Sudan is usually explored through thebinary model of “north” and “south.” Ann Lesch is no exception, buther ability to complicate matters is a welcome addition to the“integration–segregation” or “unionist–separatist”literature on Sudan.